Pictured: Young mum left scared for life after being slashed across the face by her BROTHER

Samantha Proctor needed 72 stitches and has lost the nerve sensation in her right cheek after it was left hanging off in the brutal knife attack

Horrific: Samantha Proctor was left scarred for life after she was slashed across the face by her own brother in an argument over a jacket at a family party

A mum was left scarred for life after she was slashed across the face by her own brother in an argument over a jacket at a family party.

Samantha Proctor needed 72 stitches and has lost the nerve sensation in her right cheek after it was left hanging off in the brutal knife attack, which took place during a Hogmanay bash.

Last week, her elder brother Thomas Procter was jailed for five years after being found guilty of the assault and will be on licence for a further three years on release.

However, in a dramatic courtroom showdown that pitted brother against sister, Samantha and elder sibling Kathleen Brannan were accused of lying about the horror incident.

Mum-of-one Samantha, 29, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, told Scotland's Daily Record: “Thomas still refuses to admit it was him but I shut my eyes every night and see who did it. My brother is dead to me now.”

Treatment: Samantha Proctor needed 72 stitches after the attack

She was at an annual family gathering at her parents’ home in the town last New Year when a row broke out between Thomas, 30, and Kathleen, 35, over a coat.

Kathleen was wearing a similar Barbour-type jacket to one of his friends and as she looked in the pockets to check which one was hers, her brother accused her of “going through the pockets”.

When Samantha stepped in as peacemaker, Thomas slashed her across the right side of her face with a chef’s knife from their mother’s kitchen.